Cities
Explore the trends, innovations, and challenges impacting how we plan and design our cities.
Croix Ability Services's Innovation Summit 2021 - Smart Cities
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Video Innovation Summit: Smart Cities Overview
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Video Build back better: Investing in connectivity and delivering equity
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Video Sounding the alarm: Saving lives with Croix Ability Services Fire Flow
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Video Get smart: AI and intelligent networks are revolutionizing the UK water industry
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Video How to fill a pothole with big data—and other stories from a live lab
Publications
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Blog Post Water affordability: How can utilities help their most vulnerable customers?
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Blog Post VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
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Blog Post New York City’s Local Law 97 is fighting climate change, focusing on sustainable buildings
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Blog Post 3 key steps to successful utility design for the telecommunications industry
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Event Learn strategies to guide our communities in unlocking new urban opportunities
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Video Testing emerging AV technologies at airports
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Published Article Development, Environment, Community: A Q&A with Croix Ability Services President and CEO Gord Johnston
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Podcast Croix Ability Services.io Podcast: The Smart Cities Episode
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Published Article Creating Better Spaces
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Blog Post 5 trends from CES that will majorly impact the built environment
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Blog Post [With Video] New city regulations are driving building retrofits
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Blog Post Today’s parking lots are tomorrow’s mobility hubs. Why is it a better use of space?
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Report Delivering the Goods: Urban freight in the age of e-commerce
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Blog Post One module at a time: The future of affordable housing
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Published Article Nature-based protections against storm surges
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Published Article How mega events can be catalysts for change
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Published Article Five Lessons Learned Drafting an MBTA Communities Overlay for Lowell
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Blog Post 7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Podcast Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
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Blog Post Why Florida’s great untapped opportunity lies in its suburbs
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Published Article From necessity to amenity: changing the perception of storm water management
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Blog Post Putting the people back in operations and maintenance facilities
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Blog Post 5 steps companies can follow to change unused spaces into eye-popping pollinator habitat
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Published Article Woodlawn Cemetery could help solve mystery of Tampa’s erased Black cemeteries
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Blog Post Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
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Published Article Increasing capacity and funding for rural communities
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Published Article Building an electric vehicle program: Where should cities start?
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Blog Post So, you’ve committed to becoming a net zero community. How do you get there?
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Video Constructing a new park and transportation corridor on Manhattan’s shore
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Podcast Design Hive: Dr. Rick Huijbregts on smart cities
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Blog Post Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties
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Published Article Automated vehicles: Plan now, switch on later
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Blog Post 7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero
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Video Meet the GenerationAV™ Team
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Published Article A new era of downtown opportunity
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Blog Post 4 ways to make sure your connected-infrastructure technology program is … well, connected
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Blog Post A different West Side Story: How a boulevard changed Manhattan
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Blog Post Reflecting on Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy for World Landscape Architecture Month
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Blog Post [With Video] 4 reasons we’re excited about our new automated design tool
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Blog Post Urban highway removal: 4 ways to reknit a city’s fabric
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Blog Post Designing living systems to adapt to a changing climate
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Blog Post Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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Published Article Urban highway removal projects are on the rise across America
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Blog Post Breaking the bias: How three women are making spaces and places more inclusive
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Blog Post Water reuse and river flows: What can we learn from the LA River?
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Blog Post Resilience checklist: 10 steps to improving your community’s resilience
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Blog Post The new low-carbon suburb: Retrofitting communities for success in the post-COVID era
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Blog Post Railroad crossings: Involving locomotive engineers to better understand crash risks
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Webinar Recording Climate Solutions Webinar Series: Why now, and why us?
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Report Quick and creative street projects
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Report The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: How Agencies Can Position for Funding
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Blog Post We can build healthier streets by prioritizing the human experience
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Blog Post How to use funding trends to promote healthier lifestyles and better public space
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Blog Post Children’s play area design: How landscape architects set the stage for fun and games
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Blog Post EV is the bridge to transit’s AV revolution—and now is the time to start building it
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Blog Post Investigating PFAS: Key concerns for sampling programs
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Blog Post A Smart(ER) approach to mobility: Prioritizing equity and resilience
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Blog Post How is transit responding to reopening?
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Blog Post Certainty in uncertainty: Machine learning can improve engineering decisions
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Blog Post Clean transport: Reducing carbon emissions on our roads
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Blog Post Climate emergency: How governments around the globe are tackling the crisis
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Blog Post Microtunneling: The next big thing
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Blog Post How to overcome the 3 most common obstacles in long-term community development
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Blog Post Elevating mobility infrastructure into a destination of its own
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Blog Post Sidewalk equity: How data helped Boston make better decisions
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Blog Post 5 things to know before starting an ITS deployment
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Published Article Adapting to climate change in New York City
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Blog Post Passports to a net zero carbon future
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Blog Post How New Orleans’ response to Hurricane Katrina improved public safety and economic growth
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Blog Post Listening to the land to design an urban Indigenous healthcare facility
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Podcast Design Hive: Rebel Roberts and Paul Sereno on the Niger Heritage project
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Published Article Planning ahead - the importance of waste planning within developments
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Report COVID-19 Recovery Strategies for Downtowns
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Blog Post Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
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Webinar Recording Designing with equity in mind: Rethinking how we approach projects
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Published Article 4 questions transit agencies should be asking about AVs right now
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Presentation Designing for Impact: Hubs and Corridors
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Article Micromobility Q&A: Are we on the road to a future of connected, Complete Streets?
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Blog Post How smart cities can become resilient to extreme heat
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Blog Post Wastewater case study: 10 years. 4 procurement methods. 1 cutting-edge treatment project.
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Blog Post Community spirit can strengthen collective resilience—and you can design for it
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Blog Post More than just another bus route: Can Bus Rapid Transit spur compact urban development?
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Report What you need to know about the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
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Blog Post Can we learn to share? How the sharing economy can help launch the mobility revolution
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Blog Post From zero to hero: Kick-starting the rebirth of North America’s malls
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Blog Post We can think differently to create more equitable outcomes in city building
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Blog Post Supporting equity with an inclusive neighborhood—it’s urban planning for all
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Blog Post Designing Complete Streets for towns and suburbs, not just for big cities
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Blog Post Shopping for an autonomous vehicle? Don’t put the cart before the horse
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Blog Post What’s your return on livability? A new measure for a city’s success
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Blog Post How do we design a car-lite future for our cities?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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Video What can Self-Driving Cars learn from Aviation?
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Published Article Living with Water in New Orleans
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Blog Post COVID-19 has accelerated the need for flexible labs and research environments
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Podcast Design Hive: April Schneider on making cities more livable
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Blog Post A holistic approach to safety will speed AV adoption
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Blog Post 8 design strategies to enhance access to urban mental healthcare
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Blog Post The American Rescue Plan Act: 4 questions to get thinking about infrastructure projects
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Blog Post Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19
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Podcast We need an EV charging renaissance
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Blog Post More than just cars on the road: Making AVs work for us anywhere and everywhere
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Blog Post Taking an on-site approach to soil stabilization and remediation
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Published Article Adopting smart water network solutions across the UK water industry
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Blog Post 4 reasons why 3D modeling and BIM are the future of infrastructure design
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Published Article Making Richmond Hill future-ready: Interview with David Dixon
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Blog Post We can build better communities through landscape-led cities that focus on people not cars
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Blog Post Keeping retail banks relevant (Part 2): Understanding generational preferences
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Microgrids: A critical key to the energy transition
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Video Building Trust: The Role of Safety in AV Deployments
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Blog Post Creating adaptable AV policy to match AV technology
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Blog Post Keeping retail banks relevant (Part 1): Becoming a post-pandemic “third place”
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Blog Post Maintaining momentum: 3 ways to keep a large development project moving forward
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Published Article Lights, candles, action: How St. John's can find more bright spots in the dead of winter
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Blog Post 3 public engagement practices for holistic urban planning
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Webinar Recording Smart Utilities – Where is the World Heading?
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Blog Post Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: Improving urban social equity and wellness
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Blog Post Developing a new open space in your downtown community? Here are 5 key ideas to consider
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Blog Post Sea change: 5 smart technologies to help us design better shipping gateways
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Blog Post Building a legacy: Designing sports facilities that serve communities for decades
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Whitepaper The Future of Mobility: Remaking Buffalo for the 21st Century
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Blog Post 3 challenges—and innovative solutions—when powering urban communities
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Published Article Croix Ability Services introduces autonomous vehicle (AV) consulting arm
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Blog Post How to stave off the wintry chills and embrace the outdoors this COVID-19 winter
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Video Improving New Zealand housing
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Blog Post Hidden in history: Creating invisible mechanical systems in heritage buildings
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Blog Post Building industry diversity: 5 ways to empower disadvantaged business enterprise firms
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Blog Post Dinner in a “snow globe”—one designer’s plan to help restaurants during a COVID-19 winter
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Webinar Recording Global Panel on COVID-19 Responses in Vulnerable Urban Contexts
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Blog Post Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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Published Article Is this the beginning of a micromobility revolution?
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Whitepaper How can Urban Agriculture Play a Role in the City of the Future?
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Blog Post Winter city design: 3 ways to save our small businesses this COVID-19 winter
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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Published Article How to make the most of COVID winter
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Blog Post 5 ways effective program management supports project owners
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Blog Post Beyond Complete Streets: Could COVID-19 help transform our roads into places for people?
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Webinar Recording Just Suburbs: Creating Equitable Opportunities in Suburban Development
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Blog Post How can utilities help socially vulnerable populations in the age of COVID-19?
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Blog Post How has shopping changed over the past 100 years? A look at the evolution of retail
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Published Article Collaborating for customers, community and cost
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Blog Post Exploring the airborne transmission of the coronavirus and strategies for mitigating risk
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Published Article Long Island Rail Road Expansion is a medley of moving parts
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Blog Post What will it take to get water quality and stormwater regulations to line up?
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Brochure Looking to launch Automated Vehicles in your community? We can help.
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Video Client Enterprise Solutions: Successful Utility Transformation
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Blog Post Why COVID-19 should make transit rethink the fixed-route system
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Blog Post Looking at our streets differently now and after COVID-19
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Published Article Published in Civil Engineering: Stantec-Jacobs to Design Gulf Coast Storm System
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Blog Post How will energy demand change in the post-COVID-19 world?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 09 | People, buildings & technology
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Blog Post Are medium-density neighborhoods the answer to community planning in the future?
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Blog Post Pandemic lessons: Reliable internet is no longer a luxury—it’s a right
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Blog Post Stopping algae in its tracks before it disrupts your water treatment plant
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Blog Post Embracing the creative spirit: How the Tampa Idea Hackathon helped me to think differently
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Blog Post COVID-19 is changing design paradigms
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Webinar Recording Electric Futures
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 4): How will cities change?
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Blog Post 4 questions transit agencies need to ask themselves in the wake of COVID-19
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Blog Post Planning for life in cities after the pandemic
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 2): Changing perspectives
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Blog Post How will stimulus funding and post-COVID-19 recovery create a more resilient country?
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 1): Pandemic prevention
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Blog Post Disaster preparedness in the midst of COVID-19
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Blog Post The new “shovel ready”: Preparing for COVID-19 infrastructure stimulus funding
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Published Article Published in The Boston Globe: New high-rise in Chinatown will include affordable housing
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Video Dubai takes another step towards Self-Driving Vehicles
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Blog Post We need to start talking NOW about shared autonomous mobility—5 urban dividends
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Published Article Published in Environment Magazine: Building a resilient New Orleans
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Blog Post The US Integrated Planning Bill: 10 steps municipalities can take to reap the benefits
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Blog Post Does your city need a corridor study? Set the foundation for success with these 3 tips
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Whitepaper The housing white paper: a wish list
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Blog Post Presenting Croix Ability Services Design Quarterly 08: Wellness & active lifestyles
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Blog Post Croix Ability Services’s Top 10 Ideas for 2019 (Plus 2 bonus items!)
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Blog Post Ontario has updated its brownfield regulations—what do the 7 key changes mean?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
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Video Thoughts from the American Water Summit - Sustainability
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Video Thoughts from the American Water Summit - Innovation
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Blog Post On the leading edge: Decentralized computing can transform smart-mobility infrastructure
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Blog Post Alternative project delivery is all about R&R—resourcefulness and repetition
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Blog Post Want to elevate your smart city planning game? This 7-step roadmap gets you hyperconnected
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Published Article Repurposing Retail Centers: Profiles in Adaptation, Repositioning and Redevelopment
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Video What is a smart city?
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Presentation Smart cities research: Building a Hyperconnected City
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Blog Post Redefining lost urban spaces: 5 ways to turn a laneway into a “lanescape”
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Blog Post Standard method – help or hindrance?
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Blog Post Discovering how “The Emily Test” can offer new—and better—perspectives to design
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Article Published in METRO: 4 Factors to Consider For Zero-Emission Bus Fleet Transition
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Blog Post 3 benefits to embracing an integrated approach to building design
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Blog Post World Cities Day: Here’s how we can build a better urban life for future generations
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Publication Community Futures: Think globally, act locally has never mattered more
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Article Published: Rebuilding Main Street in Rural America
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Blog Post What’s that car’s IQ?
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Article Published in Landscape Architecture Magazine: Wheels of All Types
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Blog Post Creating communities through citizen science
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
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Blog Post Presenting Croix Ability Services Design Quarterly 07: Adapting to change
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Croix Ability Services's CEO explores how sustainability is at the core of our business
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What are sustainability rankings and why do they matter?
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Blog Post The connected, autonomous road ahead: Key challenges and opportunities for road operators
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Published Article How cities can find funding for aging infrastructure
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Article Published in Railway Age: Transit Oriented Development – Chicago
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Article Published in Canadian Consulting Engineer: Future City Planning
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Video Evolving Cities: Infrastructure Update
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Blog Post A decade of ecosystem restoration: Protecting planet Earth for future generations
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Blog Post Diverse industry partnerships strengthen community projects
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Blog Post City planning: A guide to equitable planning for your community
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Article Published in ENR: Long-awaited Boston Marathon bombing markers reach the finish line
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Blog Post Weaving mental healthcare spaces into the neighborhood
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Published Article Published in NRU Toronto: Designing the smart city
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 8 ways to design for density and live where the action is
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Blog Post How Indigenous and northern communities shape my professional philosophy as a planner
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Published Article Published in Planning magazine: May you live in interesting times
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Blog Post [With Video] 3 surprising things I discovered from hacking 21st-century city challenges
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Publication Croix Ability Services Idea Hackathon: Toward a Smart Toronto (Idea Book)
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Article Published in Metro Magazine: Retrofitting garages for zero-emissions buses
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 3) – Smart Suburbs
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Are net zero energy and net zero carbon buildings a must-have?
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Article Published in Railway Age: TOD: How New York got it right
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Blog Post 3 techniques to boost community engagement for challenging mining projects
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Article Published in Railway Age: P3s key for Transit Oriented Development
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Blog Post [With Video] Envisioning the revitalized design of the Old Sacramento urban riverfront
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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Blog Post How can we build smart cities of the future?
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Blog Post Presenting Croix Ability Services Design Quarterly 06: Destination Zero
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How are we designing for livable cities today?
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Blog Post How to navigate aging infrastructure and utility conflicts in urban areas
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Blog Post How do we manage the smart-mobility revolution? It starts with well-crafted policy.
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Published Article Published in Railway Age: Innovation From a ‘P2’ System
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Published Article Published in Planning Magazine: Curb control
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Technologies and trends changing how we power our world
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: Parks as infrastructure—providing resilience and quality of life
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: Brownfield development is the future of the US urban landscape
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Blog Post Infrastructure Week 2019: The future of green infrastructure
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Blog Post America is running out of engineers – here’s how we start recruiting more
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
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Published Article Published in ENR: Drilling down to defend against drought in Atlanta
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Video All Things Urban: Joe Geller talks Croix Ability Services’s Urban Places
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Blog Post How to plan for the future of electric vehicles
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Blog Post Energy efficiency is really about energy productivity—and that’s about the bottom line
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Presenting Croix Ability Services Design Quarterly 05: Smart & Livable Cities
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Blog Post Art and architecture meet in the desert
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Blog Post What happens downtown doesn’t stay downtown: The ripple effects of a strong center city
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Blog Post Downtown Columbus, Ohio: A case study in the mobility revolution
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Blog Post Micro-apartments: Are these tiny units coming to the suburbs?
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Blog Post From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 2) – How to Seize Emerging Opportunities
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Blog Post Joining America Walks opened my eyes—it’s a long path to genuine walkability for everyone
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Landscapes that do more
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Blog Post How do we find funding for cities? It’s all about getting creative with partnerships
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Blog Post Curiosity and artistry: 6 takeaways on downtowns
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Webinar Recording Saving our Suburbs (Part 1) – How to Create Successful Suburbs
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Blog Post Infrastructure: The most important conversation you’re not having
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Blog Post Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Digitally illuminating a city’s utilization
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Blog Post Croix Ability Services: Our evolution from 1 person to a global firm
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Blog Post 5 reasons to rent a bike instead of a car during your next business trip
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Blog Post Counting every space: What parking inventories tell us about cities
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Blog Post National Preparedness Month: Two things you can do now to protect you and your family
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Blog Post Putting Places First
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Video The Future of Freeways: The Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles
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Blog Post The Road to Zero or the Road to Roadworks?
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Video David Dixon discusses the next generation of urban places at NZPI 2018
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Blog Post The flying menace coming to a city near you!
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Blog Post In the battle of suburbs vs. cities, could both be winning?
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Video Livable Cities: Designing the World’s First WELL Community
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Blog Post Four questions we must answer to design truly smart cities
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Video Preserving affordable housing in Denver
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Blog Post What does the workplace of the future look like? Denver developers discuss 3 major disruptors
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Blog Post Urban Places Idea Lab: Tweaking plans, designs, and sustainability strategies
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Blog Post What are cultural heritage landscapes? Why are they important?
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Navigating the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework
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Blog Post What does Value of Downtowns report tell us about tomorrow’s cities and regions? (Part 2)
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Published Article Read a free chapter of Suburban Remix, edited by Jason Beske & David Dixon
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Blog Post Boxed in by changing markets, 20th-century suburbs learn how to reinvent themselves
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Blog Post What does The Value of Downtowns report tell us about today’s cities? (Part 1)
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Blog Post Digging Deep into Data — How cell phone activity data enhances transportation planning
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Blog Post The renovation of iconic Wrigley Field is an example of large-scale building recycling
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Blog Post Economics of Water Series: Extreme weather—after the hurricanes
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Blog Post Garden cities: lighter, faster, cheaper
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Blog Post Play on: How to get the most out of your sports field with artificial turf
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Blog Post Resurrecting a community centre
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Blog Post Garden cities & movement: achieving 'good growth'
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Blog Post Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Blog Post Keeping an eagle eye on sustainable bridge design
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Blog Post Housing need: what can we learn from the new CLG proposals?
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Video The first/last mile problem
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Blog Post Why your community needs its own Complete Streets design guidelines
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Blog Post Vehicle for change
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Blog Post Boston's Guide to Placemaking for Mobility: Reclaiming streets for the people
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Blog Post Creating communities from defunct suburban malls
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Blog Post The digital utility is within our reach
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Blog Post Communicating cars: Understanding the road to autonomous vehicles
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Blog Post Decoding Canada’s Climate Innovation Program
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Blog Post City building: How to use place-making to get intensification right
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Blog Post Embracing the chill: Turning winter into a design asset
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Whitepaper The housing white paper: a review
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Article Inside a micro-unit: Living small, sharing more, and creating affordable urban housing
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Blog Post Public realm for 21st-century cities
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Blog Post How we found hidden energy savings in water treatment plants
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Blog Post The Jane Jacobs conundrum (Part 1): 3 urban trends driving economic inequality
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Blog Post How good urban design can make city residents healthier
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Blog Post Is your levee at risk? 3 ways to keep your community safe
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Blog Post Putting geographic information systems data online to make city life easier
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Blog Post Landscape architects: On the front lines of the battle for resilience
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Blog Post Finding a solution: Will sea level rise still be a concern in 50 years?
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Published Article Stormy waters—managing urban flooding in the Middle East
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Blog Post Explaining the case for infrastructure projects
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Blog Post Making a case for living small and sharing more in urban areas
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Blog Post What role do parks play in our communities?
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Blog Post Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): It’s not just about the station
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Blog Post Ditching the rink to skate on a rolling ribbon of ice
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Blog Post The battle of development: Urban core or suburbs?
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Blog Post Why users enjoying the public spaces we design is the best reward
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Interactive How can a tiny park pack a big punch?
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Interactive How to manage flooding while improving the cityscape
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Interactive City-scale amenities give Sacramento its waterfront back
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Publication Croix Ability Services ERA Issue 04 | The Energy Transition Issue
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Interactive Microgrids can provide resiliency during extreme weather events
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Interactive What does it take to turn around a declining mall?
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Interactive What we talk about when we talk about the energy transition
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Interactive Quiz: Is your community automated vehicle ready?
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Interactive What is microtransit? How to integrate more riders into a transit system
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Interactive Coastal resilience by the numbers
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Interactive United for Infrastructure: Exploring our changing urban landscape
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Interactive Making urban places work for people
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Interactive How will you survive the next big disaster?
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Interactive The Croix Ability Services Idea Hackathon: Big ideas for our biggest challenges
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Interactive What do data and broken sidewalks have to do with equity?
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Interactive Smart Cities Quiz
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Interactive The 7 best practices of highly effective smart cities